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"For those of us who lead, there are many fine books to hone our skills. But too few excavate our souls. Too few tell us stark truths, and serve up strong tonic, and give us hope and courage in the face of our calling’s hardships and loneliness and moments of sheer tedium. Too few teach us how to seek and find God in the maze of committee work and the darkness of criticism and the heartbreak of betrayal. This book does all that, and well. Ruth Haley Barton has kept company with Moses, a ‘pragmatic’ and ‘visionary’ leader who found that, unless God went with him, there was no place worth going. Ruth’s insights will at the very least strengthen the soul of your leadership. For some, it may make the difference in whether you finish the race at all." (Mark Buchanan, author of The Rest of God and pastor of New Life Community Church, Duncan, British Columbia)"In the same spirit in which Henri Nouwen wrote The Return of the Prodigal Son, Ruth Haley Barton has captured the soul of Moses and has revealed him to us as a seeker of truth, wisdom, and vulnerability." (Glandion W. Carney, Chaplain of the Christian Legal Society)"A weary, waiting world cries out for God-shaped leaders who would serve more than be served, who would find power by laying down power, who would lose their lives for others. In her reflections on the life of Moses, God’s radically human and holy friend, Ruth Haley Barton has given us not only a portrait of what sacrificial and redemptive leadership looks like, but has provided practice for getting there. This is a book to read alone and together. It will encourage and empower us to seek God more deeply, to listen for and embody our innate callings, to stay faithful to our solitary and even lonely journeys in community, and to love God for the long haul." (N. Gordon Cosby, cofounder of The Church of the Saviour, Washington, DC)"In a landscape littered with leadership books that tinker at the margins of what really matters, Ruth Haley Barton offers us practical guidance to the core of life-changing leadership: spiritual authenticity and health. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership lays bare the ancient truth that great leadership comes from the inside out, and provides a helpful road map for examining and seeking God’s transformation of that largely unexamined inner core from which true leadership proceeds. This is a powerful resource for me and my own leadership team." (Gary Haugen, president, International Justice Mission, and author of Good News About Injustice)"[This] book has become for me a companion on the way. . . . The author’s style is warm and accessible. I like her insights into the inner life of the leader. . . . I am deeply grateful for the helpful practices she describes and recommends. But what draws me even more is that Ruth writes with realness and integrity out of her own intimate experience of the inner journey of a leader. . . . Reading this book will surely help you to be attentive to the God who is the strength of your soul, and the heart of your leadership." (From the foreword by Leighton Ford, founder of the Arrow Leadership program and author of The Attentive Life)"Ruth Haley Barton has had a huge influence on the way I walk with God and walk with others. Her books and the Transforming Community experience have helped me begin to hold the inward life and outward life together in meaningful and sustainable ways. We don’t have to choose to be either exhausted activists or isolated contemplatives, and Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership offers both biblical vision and time-tested rhythms to help us become contemplatives in action. Leadership does not require losing our souls. Thank God! This book will help you live into this good news." (Aaron Niequist, author of The Eternal Current)"There are many valuable books that teach leadership as a skill or even as an art. But leadership, both in civic and in church circles, is best understood when set within a spirituality. Competence is only truly effective when it issues forth from a mature soul. What ultimately grounds sound leadership? This is what Ruth Haley Barton articulates in Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership. This book does for leadership what Parker Palmer's book To Know as We Are Known does for education. It sets skill, competence, and dedication into their proper horizon―spirituality. It is a wonderful balance of insight, faith, and maturity. Ruth Haley Barton is a trustworthy mentor." (Ronald Rolheiser, president of Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX, author of The Holy Longing)
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About the Author
Ruth Haley Barton (Doctor of Divinity, Northern Seminary) is founding president/CEO of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors and Christian leaders, and the congregations and organizations they serve. For over twenty years, she has ministered to the soul care needs of pastors and leaders based upon her conviction that the best thing we bring to to leadership is our own transforming selves. Trained at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and the Institute for Pastoral Studies Loyola University Chicago, Ruth is a seasoned retreat leader and spiritual director. A sought-after speaker and preacher, she has served on the pastoral staff of several churches and teaches frequently at seminaries and graduate schools. Ruth is the author of numerous books and resources on the spiritual life, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, Longing for More, Pursuing God's Will Together, and Life Together in Christ. She continues to share her thoughts and perspectives on soulful leadership through an online resource called eReflections as well as a podcast entitled Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership.
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Product details
Series: Transforming Resources
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: IVP Books; Expanded edition (April 3, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 083084645X
ISBN-13: 978-0830846450
Product Dimensions:
5.8 x 1 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
117 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#35,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
As a minister, we deal with a variety of issues. There is the normal stress in leadership within a congregation. Often this creates an interesting paradox because you are called to lead, but the perspective in some congregations is that the minister is not a leader. Any time you have paradox within a system, it will create stress within the person caught in the middle of the confusion. Because of this reality, it is wise to invest your time in leadership develop. There are numerous books to help the minister to improve leadership skills, but this book is excellent because it deals with the soul of your leadership. It is a first priority message. If you soul is weak, your ministry will fall. As a preacher, you must be careful about not being so busy working that you stop growing in your walk with the Lord. This is probably one of the best books for ministers that I have read in years. It was encouraging, wakening, and insightful. As a minister, it is so essential that we spent time in this area. You can become so focused on activity that you forget the soul in your leadership. The book is filled with insight: "Taking responsibility for oneself may well be more demanding than taking responsibility for a congregation or an organization! Whether it happens early or late, it is crucial to our capacity to lead spiritually." "Many of us are choosing to live lives that do not set us up to pay attention, to notice those places where God is at work and to ask ourselves what these things mean. We long for a word from the Lord, but somehow we have been suckered into believing that the pace we keep is what leadership requires. We slide inexorably into a way of life that offers little or no opportunity for paying attention and then wonder why we are not hearing from God when we need God most." Here is a great insight into leadership for a minister. It is in reference to Moses leading his people out of slavery. The people will follow you because you have met me. Because you know my name deep in your being. That is what qualifies you to be a spiritual leader, and that is why people will be willing to follow you right out of the place they have known for so long to a place that is brand-new." The book deals with the life of Moses to provide important lessons. Here is a crucial thought. Rather than the brash, impulsive, take-matters-into-my-own-hands kind of leader that he once tried to be, he is now someone who is able to offer a deeply spiritual response in the face of grave danger. He knows that his soul is not going to be strengthened by getting caught up in the people’s fears and complaints." Here is another gem. "Self-differentiated leadership always triggers sabotage which is a systemic part of leadership—so much so that a leader can never assume success merely because he or she had brought about change. It is only after having first brought about change and then subsequently endured the resultant sabotage that the leader can feel truly successful. When the sabotage comes, this is the moment when the leader is most likely to experience a failure of nerve and seek a quick fix." This is truly a great book about leadership, not because it provides resources or tools, but because he deals with the core of leadership, your soul's health.
Using the life and journey of Moses as a comparison for the growth and life of a leader Ruth Haley Barton's "Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership" was an excellent read. I noticed that another reviewer mentioned that there isn't anything new under the sun, referring to nothing new being mentioned in this book. That might be true, but it is always good to be reminded of truths. Barton's sweet and direct words make the charges and challenges she lays out for growth seem more like encouragements of moving forward than shaming of "why haven't you gotten this yet?".I have been working through an internship at my church and this was the book that we read to discuss for the last month. At that meeting we were asked what some of the things that stood out to us were and, for me, the part that stood out the most... that still stands out the most, was about letting go of the striving and trying to "make things okay". I don't have the book right here with me but there was a few paragraphs that I read to the group and that felt equal parts soothing parts of my heart that I didn't realize needed to hear it but also challenged me to let go and not try to make everything okay. God is trustworthy.So, yes, there is nothing new under the sun, but God has given the ability to convey the same ideas to different people so that they might reach people in different ways. And I am thankful for the way that God gifted Barton with the words and ideas of this book.
I hung on every word in this book. It was confirmation of things God is already doing in my life and it was inspiring to help me think outside the box to new things He might do in and through me. This book, I'm sure has already changed many lives that don't even know it exists, simply because the leaders in their lives have drawn closer to Jesus because of it.
This is a "must read" for pastors. The life and ministry of Moses is an excellent choice, which she develops well. I often incorporate excerpts from this book and recommend it while leading retreats and workshops for clergy. Barton understands the soul-drain that can happen to pastors if they do not have solid spiritual practices. However, this book is more than a teaching on spiritual practices. Barton addresses issues and motives and pitfalls most pastors encounter. She provides plenty of meat to chew on, while also giving hope and solid guidance for perseverance in ministry.
After being in ministry only a short time, I found myself wondering if something wasn’t missing. It often felt forced, artificial, and in the end draining.I don’t know if I can really put together adequate words to describe how much this book has helped me, but I know that since reading it and enjoying a two week time of rest, my view to not only ministry but walking with God has changed radically.I will never go back to doing ministry and life he way I was before.Highly recommended for anyone in and outside of leadership in any capacity, anyone struggling with ministry as a profession and feeling routine, or anyone simply longing for more of God but not sure how to get there or even articulate the desire.Well done, Dr. Barton.
Thank you for being faithful to your call to care for those whom God is calling to care and guide His people! I believe that I finally know what God is calling me to while journeying through this book! I know that the Lord is with me and especially my mouth as I call the Church to get involved in the child welfare system and just caring for the fatherless!
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